2024-10-06 18:29:49
In the Fifth Court against Organized Crime of San Salvador, the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic presented this Thursday, the accusation of Gerardo Quijada Orellana, known as “Mr. Miyagi” who along with eight other people are accused of being part of a network of scammers.
The judicial file identifies Mr. Miyagi as the leader of the structure and he was accompanied in the commission of the crimes by his relatives, lawyers and legal representatives of companies created to commit crimes.
In addition to Quijada Orellana, who was the owner of GQ workshops, the public ministry has accused José René Ventura Alvarado, Jorge Carlos Figeac Cisneros, César Roberto Trujillo Menéndez, his daughters Jennifer Marcela Quijada Suncín and Mónica Elena Quijada Suncín and Mirna Elena Suncín of Quijada (wife), as well as Milton Eduardo Chávez Chicas and Jorge Alberto Cruz.
In the request for the imposition of measures, the Prosecutor’s Office has requested that the defendants continue in prison for the crimes of aggravated fraud, threats with special aggravation, bribery and illicit groups.
An investigation by the public ministry highlights that the network directed by Mr. Miyagi, rented premises in areas of high capital gains for terms of 3 to 5 years, at first it complied with the payments, but as the months passed it failed to comply with the agreement.
When the owners of the properties tried to contact the company from which they had rented, they discovered that it no longer existed and appeared as a different company and with another legal representative.
The gang’s criminal plan was that when the owners of the premises tried to recover payments and came forward with complaints, the team of lawyers who were part of the structure, with tricks, delayed the processes for years and avoided paying for the properties where they continued to operate. .
As part of the investigations, on September 19, the Prosecutor’s Office and the National Civil Police (PNC) raided the properties of Quijada Orellana, owner of the GQ Racing Sport workshops, and several members of the network.
Some properties are located in Santa Tecla and Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, as well as in the San Francisco neighborhood, San Salvador.
One of the searches was in an apartment in the San Francisco neighborhood, San Salvador, owned by Jennifer Maricela Quijada Suncin, daughter of Gerardo Quijada, who according to the public ministry is the front man of the structure.
Quijada Orellana was sentenced, on September 19, to six years in prison for the crime of fraud to the detriment of a company to which he must pay $929,673.10 in civil liability. In total, the structure defrauded various suppliers and property owners of more than $2.1 million, but the amount may increase as the investigations progress.